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Spectaclia
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Is this a feature or a flaw ?

Postby Spectaclia » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:01 pm

I had to decide on an issue today called "Corporations demand political say". The third option said, ""Frankly, I don't see why we need to have elections at all," says your brother, Elizabeth Licorish, over a late-night malt whiskey." which is bizarre enough as it is, as we in Spectaclia don't have any transsexuals (and certainly not in my family).

But when I went back to the page after working in another browser tab, the text suddenly said ""Frankly, I don't see why we need to have elections at all," says your brother, Violet Licorish, over a late-night malt whiskey."

LOL... This is too much !

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Postby Flibbleites » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:11 pm

Most names in issues are generated randomly from a list of first names and a list of last names. As a result, you will sometimes have people referred to as being male yet they have a female name and vice versa. Furthermore the names are regenerated each time the page is loaded which is why the name changed.

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Spectaclia
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Postby Spectaclia » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:14 am

Flibbleites wrote:Most names in issues are generated randomly from a list of first names and a list of last names. As a result, you will sometimes have people referred to as being male yet they have a female name and vice versa. Furthermore the names are regenerated each time the page is loaded which is why the name changed.


And are these features or are they flaws ?

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Postby Reploid Productions » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:19 am

Eh, I'd say neither really. They don't really detract from anything or make anything better; though you can sometimes get hilarious results ;)
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Postby Glen-Rhodes » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:40 pm

I would consider it a flaw, not with the coding, but with the language of the issue. Generally, we keep them gender-neutral or give them a static name. :ugeek:


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